Re: [PATCH v3] Documentation/process: add soc maintainer handbook

On 17/06/2023 20:32, Conor Dooley wrote:

Hey Arnd,

On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 12:23:26PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

quoted

On Tue, Jun 6, 2023, at 10:27, Conor Dooley wrote:

quoted

Arnd suggested that adding a maintainer handbook for the SoC "subsystem"
would be helpful in trying to bring on board maintainers for the various
new platforms cropping up in RISC-V land.

Add a document briefly describing the role of the SoC subsystem and some
basic advice for (new) platform maintainers.

Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
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Changes in v3:
- sort out a rake of spelling/grammar bits spotted by Randy, apart from
  the one noted as a suggestion
- drop the refs for document filepaths

Thanks, I've applied this in the soc/newsoc branch of the soc tree
now, which is where I'm already queuing new platforms.

Having cited this document for the first time, it came to mind that I
never mentioned putting the submaintainer trees into linux-next. Should
I send a follow-up patch for that, or do you think that that isn't

This is common maintainer stuff, so every maintainer - not only SoC
related - should ensure his tree is in next. I would trim all such
common things from the document and store it somewhere else, because
otherwise people will just not read it.

Best regards,
Krzysztof